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Readiness verdict

MAYO

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-08-20
Revision
1
Method
v1.3.0

Current reading

Readiness band and full integer triple

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Readiness band

Watch

Primary summary from verified readiness

Confidence
77% · stale
Computed at
2026-08-20T10:52:55.013006+00:00
Claimed
55

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
49

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
42

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+13

Claimed leads verified

Evidence strength Growing

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-08-20

Too early to adopt

Why
Tiny ~180-186 byte signatures are attractive, but a Round 3 candidate with multivariate risk, no FIPS, and a ~2-year horizon is not a production primitive for a hybrid-signature trust root.
Next
Keep ML-DSA-65 as the standardized signature primitive (per Rule #2); monitor NIST Round 3 outcomes for MAYO as a potential compact-signature alternative if/when standardized.

Constraints

Blockers

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
10
Tier 1
2
Tier 2
5
Tier 3
3
Supports
5
Contradicts
3
Context
2
Latest observed
2026-05-17

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Initial public reading

  1. 2026-07-19 Reading moved from watch to watch.

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